“Juke In The Back,” your weekly showcase for 1940s and ’50s rhythm & blues or as I like to say, the “soul that came before rock n’ roll” is now a featured show on worldwide radio distributor, TuneIn Radio.

TuneIn is featuring “Juke In The Back” under the “Oldies” category in their “Music” section.  Here is the link to TuneIn’s “Juke In The Back” page.

http://tunein.com/radio/Juke-In-the-Back-p310492/

Now, listeners will have access to the current “Juke In The Back” episode as well as archived past episodes and access to over 50,000 other radio stations worldwide.  If you live in Washington, DC and you want to listen to radio stations in Boston, London or LA, no problem, just dial them up on the TuneIn mobile phone app, their website or their app on TV devices like ROKU and AppleTV.  The wide world of radio is now in the palm of your hand with TuneIn.  Best of all, it’s free to use.

Find TuneIn mobile apps here.

The Matt The Cat Cruise Package!

Oldies But Goodies 7 Day Doo Wop Cruise

New York City To The Bahamas

May 12th – 19th, 2012

BOOK now until October 15, 2011 and receive the Matt The Cat Doo Wop Cruise-O-Matic Package.

• Receive a $100 cabin discount

• $250 on board spending credit*

• Receive a cabin upgrade in the category booked.

• Join Matt the Cat for dinner with a lead singer of your choice

performing on the cruise.

• A private Matt the Cat guest cocktail reception with Matt and the groups

• Attend Matt’s closed historic group interview of the groups lead singers

• Spend a day at sea personally with Matt the Cat and get interviewed by

Matt for an upcoming article in his newsletter and website.*

• Preferred Matt the Cat seating section for all concerts

• Admittance to all closed rehearsals

• A Matt the Cat personally autographed T-shirt

• A special Memorabilia Gift (this will be amazing…I promise)

• Rates are guaranteed even after October 1st cabin price increases. The cruise line will be raising cabin prices, but your rate is locked in.

…More to come!

*There will be a drawing to determine who gets these particular items. The rest are guaranteed for all who book the cruise BEFORE October 15th, 2011!

Featuring:

The Five Keys – with original lead singer Maryland Pierce.

Otis Williams & The Charms – with THE Otis Williams, of course.

The Swallows – with original lead singer Eddie Rich.

The Solitaires – with original lead singer Milton Love.

Johnnie & Joe – with Joe Rivers.

The Orioles – with Diz Russell who joined the group in the mid-1950s and sang lead on a few records. Sure, he’s not Sonny Til, but then again no one is.

So as you can see, we have a lot of talent on this ship. Cabins start at $699 per person (plus taxes and port charges). Doo Wop groups will perform FULL sets (12 songs) during 3 complete concerts. Besides the 2 hour plus concerts, we’ll also have cocktail parties, band rehearsals, dancing, shore excursions, dinners and more!

You must book through us if you want to see the shows. Call 1-800-818-3739 or visit www.mlccruises.com for more information. When you call, tell them you want the “Matt The Cat Package” and everything will be taken care of.

Book BEFORE October 15, 2011 and receive all of the above. If you love doo wop, this is the cruise for you as this is REAL doo wop. None of these shows will be watered down in anyway and I’m the emcee, so you know it’s going to be the real deal! I hope to see you on this cruise. Be apart of this Night Prowl Show reunion.

Soulfully,

Matt The Cat

On Saturday, September 17, 2011, “Juke In The Back,” America’s weekly showcase for 1940s and ’50s Rhythm & Blues, will debut on Voice Of America’s Music Mix Network. The show will air at various times throughout Europe, Asia, Africa and Latin America.

I’m very excited to see “Juke” expand this way, so now the rest of the world can be exposed to this often overlooked piece of America’s musical legacy. I produce “Juke In The Back” every week with no financial gain. The show has been building from the ground up for the past year and a half and I’m thrilled that it will soon be getting more exposure.

Matt The Cat presents the soul that came before rock n’ roll: 1950s rhythm and blues. Each week, this underrated and rollicking music plays on that old Rockola Jukebox in the back.

If you wanted to hear rhythm & blues during the 1950s, you couldn’t get it from the juke box in the front. No, no! In order to hear that glorious, down and dirty R&B, you had to go to the low-lit, spit-shined “Juke In The Back.” These songs are the building blocks of rock n’ roll. These are the records that inspired Elvis and single-handily led to the rock n’ roll explosion of the mid-1950s. Big Joe Turner, Fats Domino, Little Richard, Ruth Brown, Ray Charles, Wynonie Harris, LaVern Baker, Roy Brown, Joe Liggins, Professor Longhair and many more take center stage on The Juke In The Back. Matt The Cat hosted a similar program on XM Satellite Radio called “Harlem” and now he brings this great music and information back to radio.

“Juke In The Back” currently airs on over 20 radio stations in the US and will debut worldwide over Voice Of America’s Music Mix Network on Saturday, September 17, 2011.

For more information on the “Juke In The Back” go to: http://www.jukeintheback.org

To find a complete list of all the radio stations that air “Juke In The Back” go to: http://www.jukeintheback.org/on-radio/

If you’d like to become an affiliate and air “Juke In The Back” go to: http://www.jukeintheback.org/become-an-affiliate/

Contact Matt The Cat HERE.

-MTC